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[Big Bid'Ness]

Professional sports leagues and college conferences have been getting rich television deals during the past few years. Media rights expert Chris Bevilacqua says the next winner will be World Wrestling Entertainment, whose television deals soon expire.
WWEs last round of broadcasting deals were negotiated long before live sports content became all the rage. Based on WWEs large live viewership, favorable demographics and big social media following, it could see its broadcasting revenue, currently $140 million, triple with its next deal.
WWE currently generates over 300 gross rating points per year combined with RAW and SmackDown. There are 50 million U.S. television households with at least one WWE fan, and of the 97 million active WWE fans, 41% are males age 18-34. WWE regularly ranks as one of the top 15 most talked about brands on Facebook.
Potential bidders for WWEs next media deal: Fox Sports 1 (which already showcases the UFC), NBC Sports Network, or perhaps even Netflix or Google, who are both entertaining the idea of sports content.
Bevilacqua dishes his analysis in the video below during a recent edition of the YES Networks Forbes SportsMoney, with co-host Bob Lorenz and myself.



this could help with more adult oriented storylines. probably not tho lol

 
Naw PG = cash from all these sponsors that WWE has now. remember during the attitude era it was nothing but Castro GTX and Chef Boyardee and action figures lol

 

[Hurricane Season]

And Stacker 2

 

[Pugz]

they can go pg until 10, at least on raw. all i want is blood damnit!

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

lol

 

[Pugz]

As of this week, the Reigns turn is scheduled to be fast-tracked and they are looking at him as being the new young golden boy of the promotion. Although on Raw this week they did nothing past put him in a position where his spear on Show was designed to pop people.

 

[Pugz]

The Miz seems to be teasing a character change. At WWE's live event in Belfast, Ireland, The Miz cut a heel promo before his match against Kofi Kingston. It's unknown at this time if this is just for the local international crowd or if this is a sign of a heel turn on television in the future. It should be noted that in recent media interviews Miz has been in character and upset about things that have happened to him on television. We'll give you more updates from the international tour as they come in.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Miz just need to stick with promotional work lol.
 

WWE makes offer to AJ Styles
Since his contract extension with TNA runs out in a couple of months, WWE has decided to put an offer on the table for AJ Styles.

 

 

[Pugz]

it was supposedly like a fifth of what tna pays him. it was clearly an insult offer.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

it was supposedly like a fifth of what tna pays him. it was clearly an insult offer.

 
WWE Doesn't really want him lol

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Why Was Triple H Visibly Upset During Monday's WWE RAW Segment with Big Show?
 

Triple H reportedly "blew a gasket" towards the end of Monday's RAW in the main event segment with Big Show. When The Shield came out and RAW went to commercial, Triple H was visibly upset and was seen dropping a "f-bomb" before grabbing a headset and arguing with whoever was on the other end.


It turns out that the segment was going long and someone in the back, either Kevin Dunn or Vince McMahon, sent out The Shield as a cue for commercial. Triple H was upset because they cut before Big Show could be told he was indeed getting a WWE Title shot. RAW ended up going 5 or 6 minutes long and that's because this segment had problems.
 

 
LOL

 

[Pugz]

i thought parts of that looked sloppy

 

[Teagz]

That commercial was really awk lol

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

- Roman Reigns slipped and fell on the entrance ramp as The Shield were making their entrance at tonight's WWE live event in Dublin. This led to Dean Ambrose laughing at him and a "you fell over" chant from the crowd.
 

 
Lol

 

[Pugz]

I hope footage leaks lol

 

[The Guid]

 
Big Show is main eventing WWE's Survivor Series pay-per-view with Randy Orton because there's a renewed effort within WWE to put larger or bigger wrestlers in the spotlight. This is the reason for Show being pushed and why we've seen more of Luke Harper and The Great Khali lately.

There's a feeling that Daniel Bryan was on top for a few months and WWE's pay-per-view buyrates have been down during that period. The feeling among upper management is that Bryan isn't a larger than life wrestler and that's what fans want. They feel a guy like Bryan should be on the mid-card having great matches.
 

Because that's what we want to see in the main event picture...yawn

 

[Teagz]

.....or because the biggest star in the company wasn't there.....

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

I hope footage leaks lol

 

[Pugz]

please no more khali or harper. at least no more khali.

also them thinking db is mid card is hilarious because the mid card mostly sucks because they don't book it right.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

SURPRISING WWE NXT RELEASE
By Mike Johnson on 2013-11-09 00:07:43
WWE released NXT star Kassius Ohno, aka Chris Hero, who has worked in main event level positions for Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling NOAH, CHIKARA, IWA Mid-South and CZW, among other promotions all over the world, PWInsider.com has confirmed.
 
According to multiple sources, Ohno was released by WWE officials while waiting to begin training Friday morning at the Performance Center.
Ohno had just returned to WWE NXT after being held off of TV for some time. What will turn out to be his final appearance, a loss to The Wyatt Family's Luke Harper, aired this past Wednesday on NXT. He had been signed to WWE developmental in 2012.
 
Ohno, a Dayton, Ohio native, broke into the business in 1998 and was trained by a slew of excellent trainers, including Les Thatcher and Dory Funk Jr.
Similar to the career path that Daniel Bryan took, he traveled the world, most notable Germany, England and Australia, learning all sorts of different styles and adding them to his in-ring repertoire. I've always likened him to a young Barry Windham because of his tall frame and working ability.
 
Like a lot of other independent stars of the early 2000s, Hero made his name with a lot of travel, not just internationally but all over the United States, driving with a crew that included Antonio Cesaro (then Claudio Castagnoli) and the late Larry Sweeney, among others, and worked pretty much everywhere. He clicked in just about every major independent promotion of the era.
 
Hero originally built his name in Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South, where he ended up having a great feud with CM Punk (as recounted on Punk's Best in the World DVD documentary) as well as a long run in CHIKARA, where he was a top name there as well as one half of the Kings of Wrestling tag team with Cesaro.
He soon made his way to CZW, where he worked as a top heel there and began working regularly for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in California as well.
 
The one promotion Hero wasn't getting booked for was Ring of Honor, which was considered the top independent promotion in the landscape, so when he showed up as a mystery opponent representing CZW against then-ROH champion Bryan Danielson (aka Daniel Bryan), it was a huge, legitimate shock for that audience and helped kick off a CZW vs. ROH feud that drew great numbers for ROH as well as an audience that was as legitimately split down the middle as a New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys game.
 
Hero morphed into a regular member of the ROH roster, capturing their Tag belts with Cesaro, who he held a number of other tag straps with. He began training and wrestling for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and did well there, including having the mate Mitsuharu Misawa "gift him" the roaring elbow, which Hero used even in WWE as a finish.
 
When Hero was signed in 2012, it seemed like just a matter of time before he joined Punk, Bryan and others on the main roster, but for some reason - whether it be politics or mistakes made, he never made it to the main roster. I don't even believe he was sent on the road for dark matches, which boggled my mind. His work in the ring was good. He had obviously, based on his last TV appearances, worked on his physique. He had a decent speaking ability and his charisma always sort of reminded me a quiet version of a young Mick Foley. As a heel, he portrayed a great d***. He knew all sorts of different styles and honestly, should have been training the talents he was instead training with in the Performance Center. All the elements were there, except, apparently, WWE didn't see it, so he begins a new chapter in his career, returning to the independents.
 
Note from Mike: This release will go down, to me, as one of those moments in history where you wonder what the hell went wrong, and how WWE couldn't see the potential in someone just about every independent promotion in the world will be scrambling to book once they read this. This is absolutely going to be a case where this, long term, will be WWE's loss
 

 
Welllll now.

 

[Pugz]

something had to have gone down for them to release him. he was main roster ready.